Topic: The Government gives you $950. What do you do? (Read 28643 times)

ViolentDove · « **on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:01 »

So, McTaggart's post in this thread reminded me about the Australian Government's proposed plan to give money to everyone. Which immediately made me wonder how I'd like to spend it, and also how I'd actually spend it.

So, I'm curious as to what you would do if the Government suddenly gave you $950 to do with what you will. Be as serious or as silly as you like!

Dazed · « **Reply #1 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:02 »

Put it in the bank, slowly lose it to food/gas/weed/vodka/nights out with friends.

Gilead · « **Reply #2 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:03 »

I'm putting it towards travelling just to be a dick to the government.

(also because I really want to travel)

Reed · « **Reply #3 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:06 »

Well we silly Americans don't get quite as much as you guys, but I think I'll follow in your foot steps and set up my own home microbrewery.

I'll probably do some other stupid things with it that will result in a net decrease of brain cells, but I think I'll leave those activities TBA until I actually get that money.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #4 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:10 »

Nothing. Stupid government won't give an over-full time law (11 semesters a year) student any money because I live with my parents. And, like I said before on another forum, law students are the perfect target for this thing; we need to buy about $1000 worth of books a year, all which are written and published inside Australia, if not the state in which I study.

Doesn't matter because I'd just buy myself a carton if imported lager, but still. It's the principle, people. The principal.

tania · « **Reply #5 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:10 »

every three months, for reasons i'm still not sure about but which i'm guessing are related to the fact that i'm in school, the government of ontario sends me $60. i don't really know why. how's $20 a month supposed to help me in any significant way? i put it in my bank account and eventually it goes toward food to hold off dying of starvation a little while longer.

for the purposes of this thread, i'll say i'd put that $950 toward a new laptop. this thing's six years old and has gotten so unbearably slow it'll probably go any day now.

est · « **Reply #6 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:18 »

Currently my financial situation is such that the $950 will hardly make a difference. I mean, I know there are a lot of people who are presently worse off than I am, but at the moment my rent is doubling (to encompass half my pay) due to my room-mate moving out, I need to buy a fridge and a dryer to replace the ones he'll be taking with him, and I owe about 5k in various bills, due over the next month or so.

Eris · « **Reply #7 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:24 »

I probably won't get any because I am unemployed and have never been able to get any sort of government assistance, which is a whole other kettle of fish that I will rant about if given the chance.

The $950 would probably have gone towards food and bills and car registration and other boring things like that. Or I would put it toward the eminent textbooks that need to be bought for uni. I would like to spend it on clothes that are a bit more classy and grown up than what I wear now, because I keep looking in shops or online and wanting to buy pretty things, but I can never afford to.

Hell, who am I kidding, I would go and get a kitty from the RSPCA so I had a kitty at home again. Then I would take photos of it and plaster them all online for everyone to be jealous of. I want a kitty, dammit!

Christophe · « **Reply #8 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:27 »

1. Approx. $200-$450 for an extravagant purchase (mixing console, recording interface, geetar, etc, musics).
2. Save the rest for day-to-day expenses.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #9 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:41 »

Yeah I will probably blow half on an extravagant purchase (probably a zoom H4 digital recorder for freelance radio-work and also to record some jams at home), and put the other half in the bank.

I have been toying with the idea of using it for a trip to indonesia and malaysia, though, which would be all kinds of awesome.

jodizzle · « **Reply #10 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 18:47 »

Oh man I did not even know this was happening until right now. that is awesome. Providing I get it in time it will be an EXCELLENT addition to my spending money for when I go overseas. If it doesn't I will use it to get a tattoo probably, and save the rest.

michaelicious · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:15 »

Would you fill the bath with them?

sean · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:18 »

Oh hi ampeg svt vr how are you today?

what i need another 1000 bucks? oh fuck you

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #13 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:19 »

Either invest it, put it in my savings account, or use it to help me buy a car.

What would I invest it in? Giant. Fighting. Robots.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:20 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 03 Feb 2009, 19:15

Would you fill the bath with them?

He would make a trail of candies to his house.

For the children.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #15 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:23 »

Hmm...there are lots of things I could do with that money, but the most unreasonable thing I would do is put it towards a month-long beer tour of Belgium. Outside of that, various upgrades to my computer/gaming setup, maybe actually move out of my parents' place. If it weren't for school, I'd probably just move up to Pennsylvania where the rent is half as much and take 83 to work.

Hat · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:28 »

I would buy a microkorg and some LSD

Trollstormur · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:30 »

last year the government gave me $300 and I bought one of these:

Mr. Skawronska · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:31 »

Buy an AR-15 parts kit from J&T Distributing, with hard chrome bolt carrier and green furniture so that I can build it on a receiver of my choosing as a hobby.

Quote

last year the government gave me $300 and I bought one of these:

You posted that while I was posting. *smirk*

And WHERE can you get an A3 carbine like that for three hundred bucks? I just sold MINE for a thousand!

S

Trollstormur · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:35 »

bluehazed · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:36 »

Import gallons of liquifed bdsm furry hentai.
And an ibook g4 (mmmm vintage electronics)

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:46 »

Pay my rent.

Mr. Skawronska · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 19:51 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 03 Feb 2009, 19:48

Quote from: Trollstormur on 03 Feb 2009, 19:30
last year the government gave me $300 and I bought one of these:

The Republican Party gave you a rebate and you bought an automatic rifle.

America.

Fuck yeah!

S

vegkitkat · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 20:15 »

I would buy a plane ticket to go to Comic-Con this year.

I will still probably buy the ticket, without government assistance.

Ballard · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 20:17 »

Tommy you whined about and finally gave up a free Jaguar because you couldn't afford the petrol.

Europe.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 20:20 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 03 Feb 2009, 19:48

The Republican Party gave you a rebate and you bought an automatic rifle.

semiautomatic.

KvP · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 20:23 »

The correct course of action.

Catfish_Man · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 20:56 »

I'd probably get myself a nice office chair. That's about the last thing I need to have a truly comfortable home office setup.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 21:21 »

I am going to use it ton help pay off the large amount on bond money I just put on my credit card. Booooooo.

Iron_Fist · « **Reply #29 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 21:47 »

Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

MrBlu · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 22:10 »

If my Govt. gave me $950 I'd take it and put it in my drawer.

US$1 : JA$83

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 22:19 »

I can't decide what I'll do with it. I'm tossing up between using a good portion of it on tattoos, buying a laptop or putting it in my savings account to go towards getting a bike.

Inlander · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 22:41 »

"Hey, let's use this money to start paying off some our country's massive credit card debt!"

"Pfft, no way, that's lame."

Tom · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 23:05 »

I'm not eligible

, but if I did have it I wouldn't know what I wanted to do with it until I was too old to do what I wanted with it.

Gilead · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 23:13 »

Seriously though I'm going to blend the money in to a fine paste and inject it directly in to my eyeballs.

Neskah · « **Reply #35 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 23:30 »

Aww Crap!

I haven't been home in 4 years, and I'll be back in Sydney in May.

Why can't my homeland just give me the money any way?

I'd buy real twisties and caramello koalas and billabong bills and.....

Now I'm homesick and still broke.

dennis · « **Reply #36 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 23:38 »

$950/taxpayer isn't much, and it's even less considering all the money the government has to spend just to give it to them, and even less still considering that the money comes from taxes you already gave the govrernment, and even less still more considering that the money the government is spending to give you your money back is your money as well.

Of course, once you get the money, you spend it, and you pay taxes on what you buy.

pwhodges · « **Reply #37 on:** 03 Feb 2009, 23:55 »

I'd buy an 11m microphone boom (great for recording cathedral organs).

ZJGent · « **Reply #38 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 00:07 »

Quote from: Iron_Fist on 03 Feb 2009, 21:47

Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

See... I'd like to say I would use it wisely in a manner that would benefit me and others around me... but Iron Fist seems to have read right through my paltry imaginings down to the actuality of what would occur.

Masterbainter · « **Reply #39 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 00:37 »

either pay the rest of my Motorcycle off or my medical bills heh..

David_Dovey · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 00:49 »

Well I owe my parents over $20,000 for my car and my education so I will probably spend this money on tattoos, mostly.

If they are going to be disappointed I figure they should be really disappointed.

Also, you are not supposed to be paying off debt or saving this money fools, THIS IS STIMULUS.

Masterbainter · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 00:56 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 04 Feb 2009, 00:49

Well I owe my parents over $20,000 for my car and my education so I will probably spend this money on tattoos, mostly.

If they are going to be disappointed I figure they should be really disappointed.

Also, you are not supposed to be paying off debt or saving this money fools, THIS IS STIMULUS.

see I agree.. but the sooner my debt is paid the sooner I can spend more money on economies!

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 00:56 »

Quote from: ZJGent on 04 Feb 2009, 00:07

Quote from: Iron_Fist on 03 Feb 2009, 21:47
Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

See... I'd like to say I would use it wisely in a manner that would benefit me and others around me... but Iron Fist seems to have read right through my paltry imaginings down to the actuality of what would occur.

Depending on the drugs you bought, you might be able to have your cake and eat it too.

And by cake I mean MDMA

Jace · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 01:51 »

I would probably get another tattoo if I were to get close to a thousand dollars. Or I'd buy a laptop. Or I'd buy more miniatures that I'll never get around to painting.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 01:59 »

Hey non-Australians, keep in mind this is $950 AUSTRALIAN, in other words:

US$608
UK£422
€470

although this is just the exchange rate and probably does not translate out to consumer prices, it is worth noting that this is maybe less money than you think it is? (my god it is still quite a bit to get for free though)

Josefbugman · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 02:01 »

I would probably place it in the bank so I could get some more interest. Hey, I don't want to have to work, what can I say.

Either that, or get a suit that fits and looks awesome.

Johnny C · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 03:12 »

I'd fix my Xbox and finance a vacation.

I WANT A FIXED XBOX

Ladybug · « **Reply #47 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 03:28 »

I'd probably just put it in the bank, and then later use it to pay a month's rent over the summer, when there is no student loan coming in, or something lame like that. And the leftovers would probably just end up being spent on food or DVDs or yarn or clothes or something like that.

Inlander · « **Reply #48 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 04:10 »

Actually if it's free money maybe I'd spend it on whatever bottle of single malt costs closest to A$950.

What? Stimulating the Australian economy? Well it's being sold in Australia, isn't it?!

valley_parade · « **Reply #49 on:** 04 Feb 2009, 04:55 »

Vintage silverface Fender Twin Reverb.

I don't need an 85 watt amp. And my neighbors certainly don't need me with an 85 watt amp. BUT FUCK 'EM.

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